Abortion & IVF
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Judaism’s Pro-Natalist Heritage
Tacitus, the great Roman historian of the first two centuries A.D., disdained the Jews’ conviction that it…
Biden, Bernardin, and Today
Given the seriousness with which the post-Watergate Washington Post takes itself, it seems unlikely that its editors…
Abortion and Eugenics
In the Supreme Court’s May 28 decision in Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, the…
Staying the Course
On May 15, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation that protects nearly all unborn children in the state.…
Against Pro-Life Incrementalism
A crop of center-right commentators offered the pro-life movement some strategy tips last week. Responding to apparent…
Alabama’s Challenge
By passing a law that protects life in the womb, Alabama has accomplished the unthinkable—according to the…
Truth-Telling and Big Abortion
For over a half-century, what styles itself the “pro-choice” movement has thrived because of its extraordinary ability…
Murder, Inc.
The movie Unplanned, which tells the story of former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson’s conversion to…
A Pro-Natal Proposal for America
Among America’s culture wars—from guns to gay marriage, drug legalization to penal reform—no battle is more emotionally…
The Least of These
There has been much righteous criticism of the forty-four Democratic senators who thwarted a bill that would…
Trump Attacks Planned Parenthood
Last week, the Trump Administration enacted the “Protect Life Rule,” which will change Title X regulations to begin…
The Ever-Present Totalitarian Temptation
First circulated underground in communist Czechoslovakia in October 1978, Václav Havel’s brilliant dissection of totalitarianism, “The Power…
Infanticide Becomes Justifiable
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus wrote that bioethicists “professionally guide the unthinkable on its passage through the debatable…
The Moral Depravity of Andrew Cuomo & Friends
Writing recently on women seeking the presidency and the “likability” factor in our politics, Peggy Noonan made…
A Gleeful Slaughter of the Innocents
To Bishop Andrew Dietsche, Episcopal Diocese of New York: As an Episcopalian in New York City, I regularly…